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Jan. 30, 1923. Re. 15,534

F. G. WHITTKNGTON WSWUMENT MOUNT FUR AuroMoemE NsTRuMENr BOARDS ORIG'NAL. FILED MAR i921.

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UNITED STATES Re. 15,534 PATENT OFFICE.

FBEDERIK G. WHITTINGTON, 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO STEWART- WABNEB BPEEDOHETER CORPORATION, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, IA CORPO- BATION 01|?A VIRGINIA.

INSTRUMENT MOUNT FOR AUTOMOBILE INSTRUMENT BOARDS.

Original Re. 1,371,337, dated March l5, 1921, Serial No. 349,032, tiled January 2, 1920. Application for reissue led July 3, 1922.. Serial No. 573,061.

To all Ywhom it 'may concern:

Be it known that I, Fannnnix G. W'Hl'r- TING'roN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the'county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Instrument Mounts for Automobile Instrument Boards, of which the following is a specication, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

T he purpose of this invention is to provide an improved mountl for securing an instrument upon the instrument board of an automdbile. It consists in the elements and features of construction shown and described, as indicated in the claims.

In the drawin Figure Lis a orward side elevation of un instrument board provided with an instrument mount embodying this invention.

Figure 2 is a- Section at the line, 22, on Fi ure l.

`igure 3 is a section at the lines 3-3-3 on Figure 1.

It will be understood that the instrument board with which an automobile may he provided in its standard construction, is designed to be cut subsequently to the construction for mounting upon it various instruments. the hulk of `,vhich preferably protrudes behind the board, the instrument pro- .truding through the hoard only to expose the parts necessary for reference for reading or manipulation. \Vlien the board is of wood only, the necessary apertures for the instrument or instruments to be mounted upon it may usually be cut by means of tools readily accessible and requiring no special expertness. But when this hoard is of .met-al or is metal covered, it is a difficult matter, usually requiring special tools and considerable expertness, to cut an aperture through the metal and the wood. in which the instrument will fit neatly.

To ohviate this difficulty and provide a finish for the aperture so that the sometimes unavoidable irregularity of it when cut b v the conveniently available tool shall not be apparent andthereby constitute a distgurement, the present invention provides a mount adapted to he applied to the face of the instrument board und to receive the instrument in un aperture with which it is provided, while concealing the margins of the aperture which may be made in the board, and also bridging over the gap4 in the edge of the board made by the aperture or the necessary out to reach the aperture in order to cut it by a saw, and reinforcing or restoring the stren h to the board which mivht be weakened y such gap.

s shown in thedrawings the mount consists of a plate or shell, A, which may be stamped from sheet metal or otherwise formed integrally, having an a erture, A1,

to accommodate the instrument or. which it is designed, and provided with an up-raised bead, a. around this aperture from which project lugs, A2, A2, positioned for securing the instrument, and also adapted to be secured to the edge of the aperture, B1, which will he cut in the hoard, B, if the same is out with sufficient accuracy. The contour of the mount is designed so that it shall have a portion as a2, overhanging or projecting beyond the edge of the board,V B, through which the gap, b1, is made by the aperture, B, through which the instrument is to be inserted; and the margin of the mount throughout the periphery which la s on the hoard. is provided with a flange, which constitutes the bearing of the mount upon the board, stiiening the mount and ada ting it to stiften the board. The mount bein secured to the hoard by screws, C, inserte through the mount at points at opposite sides of the gap. not onlyrestores but dni-reases the rigidity of the board where it is weakened hy the ga); and at the same time the gap is effectua ly concealed by the ipount overlapping it. It will be understood that the remainder of the marginal outlim of the mount may be in any form desii-ed for nent or ornamental appearance, and that additional ssecurements of the riount to the board besides those adapted to reinforce it across the gap, may be rovided to any extent, as indicated by two a ditional screws or bolts shown at C1, C1.

l claim?- l. The combination with an automobile instrument board having an aperture therein` said aperture opening out through one edge of the board thus forming a gap in that edge for accommodating an instrument therein. of an instrument mount secured to and in the plane of the face of the board having a portion thereof overhanging the edge of said board in the said plane spanning` the 'sa-id gap, said overhanging portion including a, circumscribing support for the instrument.

2. In the construction defined in claim 1, foregoing., the mount having lugs extending into t .e instrumentl aperture of the boardY for securing the instrument thereto within the aperture. I

3. In the construction defined in claim l, the mount having a right angled flange extendin along the entire outer margin thereo 4. In thel construction defined in claim l, the securing means being releasable to permit removing the instrument from the board through the gapl without detaching the mount or other devices from `the instrument.

5.*The combination with an automobile instrument boardhaving an aperture therein, said aperture' opening out to one edge of the board, thhs forming a gap at that edge for admittingv an ,instrument thereinto, of a plate apertured ,to it the outline of the instrument and laterally extended from its instrument-fitting aperture adequately for closing and concealing the margin of the gap made in the nstrument board to admit the instrument, a 1d for lapping on said margin FREDERIK G. WHITTINGTGN.'

Cericai l: of Correction.

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[SEAL] KARL FENNING,

Acting Uofmmz'ssimwr of Patents. 

